CHIPPED FLINTS, WIDE STEMS. 



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241.— Stemmed 

 chijipetl flint. 



the width also varying considerably; some are widest at or near the 

 middle of the blade, others are as wide at base as at any other part. 



The form is illustrated in figure 241 (Union county, Illinois). The dis- 

 tribution is wide, including .southwestern Illinois; northwestern and 

 southwestern tieorgia and Savannah; northeastern Kentucky; Kan- 

 awhavalley; South Carolina; northwestern Alabama; 

 eastern Tennessee; eastern and southern Wisconsin; 

 western and central North Carolina; southeastern 

 and southwestern Arkansas; Miami valley, Ohio; 

 Keokuk, Iowa; and Union county, Missis.sippi. 



W. Edges usually convex, sometimes straight; 

 notched in on the edges above the corners; base con- 

 cave; some slender, others broad. Somewhat re- 

 sembling the two preceding tyjies, but more roughly 

 made. From 1 to 4 inches long. Represented by 

 material from western and central North Carolina; 

 Kanawha valley; eastern Tennessee; uortheastein 

 Alabama and Coosa valley, as well as from Miami 

 valley, Ohio. 



X. Small; very slender; convex edges, with wing- 

 like barbs or shoulders ; stem slightly expanding by curved lines. This 

 rather rare type, shown in figure 242 (from Ouachita county, Arkansas), 

 is known from northeastern and southwestern Arkansas, as well as 

 eastern Tennessee, and Savannah, Georgia. 



Y. Edges mostly straight, in a few convex; base 



straight, convex, or concave, in some specimens of each 



being polished ; notched in on the edges just above the 



corners, notches usually slight; always widest at base. 



A few, including all from Savannah, are serrated or 



beveled. Very few are over an inch and a half long. They 



are nearly always thick. One from Kanawha valley has 



^ch'n recTmiT^ro *'^® point worn perfectly smooth and the edges polished 



jectii.gsh.iuid.ra. ijalf way to the base, showing use as a drill. Points of 



this form would make the countersunk holes so common in gorgets and 



other flat stones. 



This form is widely distributed. The type (figure 243) is from Law- 

 rence county, Ohio. Its range includes Miami and 

 Scioto valleys, Ohio; northwestern Georgia and Sa- 

 vannah; eastei'n Tennessee; Kanawha valley; south- 

 western Illinois, and Brown county in the same state; 

 western North Carolina; Coosa valley, Alabama; south- 

 western Arkansas; South Carolina; northeastern Ken- 

 tucky ; and eastern Wisconsin. 



Z. Very rough finish ; blade more or less worked by 

 first chipping (there being usually no secondary chip- 

 ping) to convex edges; base generally the natural surface of the 

 nodule or pebble from which the implement was made; notches worked 



Fig. 243.— Stemmed 

 chipped tiint. 



